Advanced safety features for new vehicles

Within three years all new vehicles must be equipped with 11 advanced safety features, such as advanced emergency braking (AEB), lane-keeping system, over-ridable intelligent speed assistance or driver's distraction recognition, as proposed by The European Commission.

Coinciding with the European Commission’s announcement, Thatcham Research, the motor insurers’ automotive research centre, called on the UK government and carmakers to not stall on the mandatory fitment of AEB on all cars and vans.

A further four features will follow a few years after 2021 with the European Commission explaining that such features offered significant potential to compensate for human errors, a major factor in most road accidents.